nutmeg

I divide dangerous drivers into two categories: angry or stupid. A combination of the two is the worst. Consider the guy - in the pickup truck, of course - who tried to run a group of four bikers off the road in Milton recently, zooming up behind them, accelerating, swerving right while blowing the horn. When the four riders caught up with him at the next stoplight, they surrounded him and demanded to know what the heck was his problem. “You shouldn’t be on the road,” he yelled. Like I said, angry and stupid.

Column: If only drivers shared the road, cyclists would be safer -The Green Blog - A Boston Globe blog on living Green in Boston

I want a jersey imprinted with an easy-to-read explanation that cyclists are supposed to be on the road.

On the other hand, I sympathize with the commenters frustrated with the many Boston bikers who flaunt the rules of the road.  This bothers me as a pedestrain (because I’ve almost been hit) and as a cylclist (because those people are giving everyone else [me] a bad name).

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